Trousers hanger



March 28, 1961 F. c. METZNER TROUSERS HANGER Filed July 13, 1959 F ran/r6. Mefzner INVEN TOR.

TROUSERS HANGER Frank C. Metzner, Lewes, Del. (1824 Lamont St. NW.,Washington 10, D.C.)

Filed July 13, 1959, Ser. No. 826,614 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-95) Thisinvention relates to hangers and more particularly to a trousers hanger.

An object of the invention is to provide an adjustable trousers hangerto engage the cuffs of a pair of pants and hold them effectively andneatly in such position as to suspend the trousers and thereby maintainand promote a proper wrinkle-free condition of the trousers and a creasealong the front and rear edges of the leg tubes of the trousers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a practical and verysimple trousers hanger which is easy to use and very effective. This isachieved by having what is thought to be a unique arrangement of links,the movement of which engages holders in the cuifs or disengages holdersfrom the cuffs, all by a simple, single manipulation.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a small scale elevational view showing the trousers hangerin use;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged elevational View of the trousers hanger showinga second position in doted lines; and,

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

In the accompanying drawings there is illustrated a conventional pair oftrousers equipped with cuffs 12. Cuffs 12 and 13 (Fig. 2) are theordinary conventional cuffs found at the lower ends of leg tubes 14 and15 of trousers 10. The trousers are conventional, as is the hanger pole16 on which trousers hanger 18 is shown.

Trousers hanger 18 is composed of a small body 20 having a longitudinalpassageway 22 extending through the upper and lower faces thereof andcompletely through the body. Two links 24 and 26 are connected by pivots28 and 30 at their inner ends to body 26 on opposite sides of passage22. The links preferably have rounded inner ends and are slightlytapered to the outer ends thereof in which there are apertures 32 and34. Identical grippers 36 and 38 are connected in apertures 32 and 34and to links 26 and 24, respectively. Gripper 36 is made of a transversebar 40 having a pair of downwardly extending sides 42 and 44 to thelower ends of which there are upturned U-shaped portions 46 (Fig. 3) andsides 50 and 52 which terminate in portions 54 at 2,977,032 PatentedMar. 28, 1961 links 26 and 24 intermediate the inner and outer ends alower level than the surface of links 24 and 26. Sides thereof.

In use and operation, the cuffs l2 and 13 of the trousers 1d are engagedwith grippers 36 and 38 as described previously. This would be mosteasily achieved while the hanger assembly is in the position shown indotted lines in Figure 3. Then, the book 62 is engaged with pole 16 orsimply held in one hand, and the body 20 is pushed downward on rod 6%)thereby causing an extended essentially horizontal position asconstrained by toggle links 66 and 68. The linkage will remain in theposition shown in full lines in Figure 3 and also in Figure 1 since thelinks 26 and 24 have pivots 28 and 30 and 7d and 72 in one horizontalline.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

In an adjustable hanger adapted to suspend a pair of trousers by thecuffs, the combination comprising a rod having a hook portion on itsupper end adapted to engage a stationary support, a longitudinally boredbody member slidably disposed on said rod for vertical movementintermediate the ends thereof, a pair of oppositely disposed linkspivotally mounted at their inner ends to said body member, a pair ofoppositely disposed toggle members pivoted at their inner ends to saidrod at its lower end, said toggle members having their outer endsextending toward said links, a pivot on each of said links beingdisposed offset from a center point between its inner and outer endstoward the outer end, each of said toggle members having its outer endconnected to the pivot on the respective link, said body member beingvertically movable on said rod away from said hook ,portion causingpivotal movement of said links about said body member and outwardmovement away from said rod of the pivots on said links, said togglemembers being pivoted about the lower end of said rod in response to theoutward movement of said pivots, and wire means attached to the outerends of said links and adapted to engage the cuffs of trousers, saidwire means each including a transverse bar rotatably mounted on theouter end of the respective link for relative movement thereto, a pairof U-shaped elements integral with said bar, one each extendingdownwardly on each side of said respective link, and each of saidU-shaped elements terminating in a reversely bent portion disposed at alevel lower than the level of said respective link whereby said bodymember is positioned at a level above said U-shaped elements for manualmanipulation when said hook portion is in an operative position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,259,692 Hegedus Oct. 21,- 1941 2,528,788 Rowan NOV. 7, 1950 2,612,301Rubin Sept. 30, 1952 2,630,253 Trent Mar. 3, 1953

